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and the number one story of the week -- >> it's raining mad. >> president obama this week completed a long, personal evolution, announcing publicly his support for gay marriage. >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the president's declaration was expedited when the vice president weighed in, perhaps off script, on sunday's "meet the press". >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women -- >> he probably got out a little bit over his skis. >> mitt romney did not seem all that up for talking social issues. >> aren't there issues of significance that you'd like to talk about? the economy. >> this is a significant issue in colorado. >> the economy. >> no, romney was more interested in challenging the president on the issue of outdoor water sports. >> i don't think i'll play the president a round of golf but i'd be happy to take him around a water ski course. >> the president's change of heart on gay marriage, the obvious next question is, will that position hurt him come november with the all-important keith judd wing of
and the number one story of the week -- >> it's raining mad. >> president obama this week completed a long, personal evolution, announcing publicly his support for gay marriage. >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the president's declaration was expedited when the vice president weighed in, perhaps off script, on sunday's "meet the press". >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women --...
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you get the sense that mike lee saw this coming a few weeks back when he said obama care is not worth a shutdown. but these numbers are just -- charles krauthammer said it's little bighorn. >> they were foreseeable. that's the striking part about all of this. there's nothing particularly surng about how this lined up. the president who was castigated by liberals after the 2011 fiscal crisis was able to dig in and followed that strategy. i talked to republicans yesterday the feeling was that obama would give in if we threatened to shutdown and then shutdown if we threatened the debt ceiling that there was a belief in certain quarters lee, cruz and others obama wouldn't see the fight through. now they realize that he has, and there was never really much movement on, you know, the desire to get rid of obama care. because senator cruz never really moved opinion among his colleagues despite the grassroots efforts, despite all of the fundraising that he was attempting to do. all you have left is the damage to the republican brand and then a little bit more popularity as you say for obama ca
you get the sense that mike lee saw this coming a few weeks back when he said obama care is not worth a shutdown. but these numbers are just -- charles krauthammer said it's little bighorn. >> they were foreseeable. that's the striking part about all of this. there's nothing particularly surng about how this lined up. the president who was castigated by liberals after the 2011 fiscal crisis was able to dig in and followed that strategy. i talked to republicans yesterday the feeling was...
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today, president obama is set to kick off his week-long vacation. in martha's vineyard. that of course in turn has triggered the expected criticism from corners of capitol hill of course who are in the middle of a five-week vacation. "usa today's" reporting the first family's going to be staying at the $7 million home of a top democratic donor and of course bill clint be also vacationed in martha's vineyard during his time in the white house but he famously, and i know gene will remember this and ed will remember, he famously switched his vacation destination after dick morris took polls to see which vacation spots would be better and they found out that wyoming, surprisingly enough, is better than martha's vineyard. of course nantucket's better too but i don't thing you'll find that in the poll. as "usa today's" reminding us this morning, franklin roosevelt was criticized for spending time on his yacht. john adams spent seven months in quincy, massachusetts, on his farm in 1798 and was accused of abdicating his office. for republicans who are ready to pounce, let's look
today, president obama is set to kick off his week-long vacation. in martha's vineyard. that of course in turn has triggered the expected criticism from corners of capitol hill of course who are in the middle of a five-week vacation. "usa today's" reporting the first family's going to be staying at the $7 million home of a top democratic donor and of course bill clint be also vacationed in martha's vineyard during his time in the white house but he famously, and i know gene will...
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nine states, nine polls, nine leads for president obama ahead of the first debate next week. we breakdown the newest numbers facing the romney campaign in the battleground states. controversy in one of those key states, and where else but florida where allegations of voter registration fraud hit a company hired by the republican national committee. could it have happened in any other battleground? >>> and saying so long to the senate, jon kyl sits down for the latest installment in on-going conversations with senators that are saying farewell. see what he says about george w. bush and john mcc
nine states, nine polls, nine leads for president obama ahead of the first debate next week. we breakdown the newest numbers facing the romney campaign in the battleground states. controversy in one of those key states, and where else but florida where allegations of voter registration fraud hit a company hired by the republican national committee. could it have happened in any other battleground? >>> and saying so long to the senate, jon kyl sits down for the latest installment in...
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couple of weeks before. chris is a good friend of ours and we talk to chris an awful lot on phone. knows this and i'm sure all the people around him knows the. he can't afford too many more touchy feeley moments with democrats. he does have to aggressively be out for every republican candidate running for governor, right? you're smiling. >> unless they are not a good candidate. >> i think he likes hanging around with democrats. >> you think chris does? >> yes. >> he likes hanging around with people who he thinks are competent. >> he's not afraid of them. >> you got no problem with that. >> no. >> what's wrong? >> you're smirking a lot. mike knows something. >> what did you hear? >> he heard something. >> you look like you're up to something. >> he's in the classroom makes trouble and doesn't get in trouble. >> still love him. they shouldn't but they do. >>> coming up on "morning joe" we'll talk to moderator of "meet the press," david gregory, hill kristol and unanimous snyderman. >> good morning, everyone. a
couple of weeks before. chris is a good friend of ours and we talk to chris an awful lot on phone. knows this and i'm sure all the people around him knows the. he can't afford too many more touchy feeley moments with democrats. he does have to aggressively be out for every republican candidate running for governor, right? you're smiling. >> unless they are not a good candidate. >> i think he likes hanging around with democrats. >> you think chris does? >> yes. >>...
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one point, or as it's also known, the thing obama failed to make during last week's debate. huh? speaking of the election, you guys, the vice presidential debate is just three days away. both sides are busy getting ready and republican candidate paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannon ball. biden was like, there's going to be a pool there? i'm more of a belly flop guy, but i can -- >>> and with us now from washington, pulitzer prize winning columnist, msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. i've got to ask you the big question, are you for the nats or for the orioles? >> i've got to be for the nats, although we're a mixed marriage. my wife was born in baltimore. >> oh. >> not an ill word can be said about the baltimore orioles in my house. >> yeah. >> nonetheless, i'm following the nats and cheering the nats. but, you know, the orioles are playing the yankees last night and beat them. you've got to root against the yankees, right? >> of course you do. if you love -- well, i mean, only if you love america. >> yes, right. >> i do love america. >> you do lo
one point, or as it's also known, the thing obama failed to make during last week's debate. huh? speaking of the election, you guys, the vice presidential debate is just three days away. both sides are busy getting ready and republican candidate paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannon ball. biden was like, there's going to be a pool there? i'm more of a belly flop guy, but i can -- >>> and with us now from washington, pulitzer prize winning columnist, msnbc...
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president obama wouldn't physically go over and wiretap trump tower, so now you have to week, do you take the tweets literally and if you are, then clearly the president was wrong. >> it's interesting. willie geist, i'm looking at the president and watching him handle this situation.
president obama wouldn't physically go over and wiretap trump tower, so now you have to week, do you take the tweets literally and if you are, then clearly the president was wrong. >> it's interesting. willie geist, i'm looking at the president and watching him handle this situation.
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final week talking to those voters, voters that supported them twice, who had gone for donald trump in 2016. steve just mentioned the new york 19th district, one of those obama-trump districts. joe biden was there friday. today he's here in wisconsin. clinton didn't go there in the stretch one. biden has two events before he moves on to iowa. >> that was one of the big issues is getting to wisconsin. thank you very much for your reporting. nbc steve kornacki, thank you as well. and a week from tomorrow morning, the morning after the mid-term elections we'll
final week talking to those voters, voters that supported them twice, who had gone for donald trump in 2016. steve just mentioned the new york 19th district, one of those obama-trump districts. joe biden was there friday. today he's here in wisconsin. clinton didn't go there in the stretch one. biden has two events before he moves on to iowa. >> that was one of the big issues is getting to wisconsin. thank you very much for your reporting. nbc steve kornacki, thank you as well. and a week...
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in it and we saw last week who obama care looks like. it's one man, the president of the united states who can beat himself a health care czar or dictator and make one decision and everyone else in the united states has to follow. that's what i think people need to recognize and our nominee neats to explain the detriments of his foreign policy and new budget will have vast ramifications going forward. that's what the nominee needs to do. focus on the policies and the rest will take care of itself. >> congresswoman, listening to your legitimate concerns about the fiscal dangers posed by the extension of the payroll tax cut, how does a republican balance those concerns with the extension or continued extension, proposed continued extension of the bush tax cuts? >> they won't be continuing under barack obama. they are going to go away. that is what is troublesome. what people want more than anything are jobs. i'm a small business owner myself. we are looking at tax rates from 35% on small business owners to almost 40%. that's a cost of doin
in it and we saw last week who obama care looks like. it's one man, the president of the united states who can beat himself a health care czar or dictator and make one decision and everyone else in the united states has to follow. that's what i think people need to recognize and our nominee neats to explain the detriments of his foreign policy and new budget will have vast ramifications going forward. that's what the nominee needs to do. focus on the policies and the rest will take care of...
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>> they were interviewing him two weeks ago, and they said, "what would you advise president obama? the whole world seems to be exploding." >> they never report the crowd on january 6th. nikki haley, nikki haley, nikki haley, nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people,
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you'll have kathleen sebelius on the hill next week answer obama care. until that's solved republicans will have less incentive to put their own programs forward. >> julie pace thank you very much. richard stay with us. "morning joe" is back in just a moment. when i first got shingles it started on my back. and i had like this four inch band of bumps that came around to the front of my body. and the pain from it was- it was excruciating. i did not want anyone to brush into me to cause me more pain than i was already enduring. i wanted to just crawl up in a ball and just, just wait till it passed. man: [ laughs ] those look like baby steps now. but they were some pretty good moves. and the best move of all? having the right partner at my side. it's so much better that way. [ male announcer ] have the right partner at your side. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happene
you'll have kathleen sebelius on the hill next week answer obama care. until that's solved republicans will have less incentive to put their own programs forward. >> julie pace thank you very much. richard stay with us. "morning joe" is back in just a moment. when i first got shingles it started on my back. and i had like this four inch band of bumps that came around to the front of my body. and the pain from it was- it was excruciating. i did not want anyone to brush into me to...
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some noted in 2012, some criticized president obama for holding a rally a week after a hurricane. >> given the gravity of the storm, do you think it's appropriate to go on a campaign trip tonight, sir? >> well, i hear they have thousands of people lined up so we are in a little bit of a quagmire. i don't want to disappoint people. some people got there last night. we'll probably go because what are you going to do, tell thousands of people that have been waiting there all night that we're not coming? that's not fair, either. i can't tell thousands of people that have been waiting, some of whom who got there literally last night in order to be and get into an arena. >> well, actually, you can. you can say i'm president and i criticized barack obama for holding a campaign event one week after a hurricane hit. i don't mean to be holding campaign events and having rich people come together for my fund-raisers while people are literally fighting for their lives and keeping their businesses together in another part of the country. but rick tyler, that's exactly what he did. i suppose most
some noted in 2012, some criticized president obama for holding a rally a week after a hurricane. >> given the gravity of the storm, do you think it's appropriate to go on a campaign trip tonight, sir? >> well, i hear they have thousands of people lined up so we are in a little bit of a quagmire. i don't want to disappoint people. some people got there last night. we'll probably go because what are you going to do, tell thousands of people that have been waiting there all night that...
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he was finally in the last week on obama care. everybody was talking about obama care. the race finished at 3%. what i am saying is you asked me about lessons for 2014. if republicans think they can get on this obama care kick and win in 2014 on that, i think they're mistaken. if you look at the polling throughout all this obama care debacle, their numbers have not moved. they have not gained. so i think it is too much to say we will talk about obama care and win this election. they got deeper problems than that. >> they talked about obama care. they criticized obama care. that's a winning issue going forward. but they have to come up with their own alternatives. >> if you can step back on this, there are two kind of conservatives as you well know the soft conservatives, which christie represents, a reform conservative and cuccinelli, a hard conservative, the tea party conservative and one did spectacularly and one lost. that's probably where it's going, but we're three years away from presidential race and you sit three years out and you say, oh, in 1973, the next pres
he was finally in the last week on obama care. everybody was talking about obama care. the race finished at 3%. what i am saying is you asked me about lessons for 2014. if republicans think they can get on this obama care kick and win in 2014 on that, i think they're mistaken. if you look at the polling throughout all this obama care debacle, their numbers have not moved. they have not gained. so i think it is too much to say we will talk about obama care and win this election. they got deeper...
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it's a huge story, but also, of course, president obama is facing his challenges this week to his own party. >> and i think the republican candidate's speeches are reflecting that and responding to it. but the other big story is that a number of democrats this morning, including john larsen and former dnc chair tim kaine now joining catholic leaders in calling on the white house to modify a policy requiring faith-based groups to offer employers birth control through their insurance providers. some supporters of the president worry the mandate could become a defining issue for the 2012 election. now, the controversy is spilling over into congress. where republican house speaker john boehner is promising to lead an effort to overturn the rule. >> in opposing this requirement, the federal government has drifted dangerously beyond its constitutional boundaries, encroaching on religious freedom in a manner that affects millions of americans and harms some of our nation's most vital institutions. if the president does not reverse the department's attack on religious freedom, then the congre
it's a huge story, but also, of course, president obama is facing his challenges this week to his own party. >> and i think the republican candidate's speeches are reflecting that and responding to it. but the other big story is that a number of democrats this morning, including john larsen and former dnc chair tim kaine now joining catholic leaders in calling on the white house to modify a policy requiring faith-based groups to offer employers birth control through their insurance...
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a couple of weeks back, barack obama had the lead. now you've got that completely switched around, despite the fact for the past two weeks, democrats have been jumping up and down with glee, especially progressives, with glee with the election of paul ryan. . could it just be that while americans aren't member of congress u.s. -- aren't focused on the detail, they get it. >> we are winning the first battle because we're on offense about it. there's a continuing of i we're challenging jackie chan to a fight here. look, the vosers -- >> paul ryan, what do you think of the selection? >> i'm with mark. i'm worried about ohio. i kind of liked him running the house rather than going to tune rals and belarus. he's come out of the box very well. he said in my district i start presentations sand the first thing i say is the ryan plan wouldn't affect up. don't worry about this, you're okay. afterwards a person says i paid into this program, don't mess with my medicare. the retort should be you paid in $50,000, you're getting 200,000 back. >> yo
a couple of weeks back, barack obama had the lead. now you've got that completely switched around, despite the fact for the past two weeks, democrats have been jumping up and down with glee, especially progressives, with glee with the election of paul ryan. . could it just be that while americans aren't member of congress u.s. -- aren't focused on the detail, they get it. >> we are winning the first battle because we're on offense about it. there's a continuing of i we're challenging...
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michelle obama last week went, voted early. they made a big deal of it. so the president is doing very well with early voters, and also, you know, the clock's ticking, and the romney people know the clock's ticking. they've got to get their people out. they've got to get their message out now. they can't wait until election day because in a close contest, it's going to be close in florida, in north carolina, in virginia. i would guess in wisconsin, probably in iowa. >> arizona. >> nevada, arizona. colorado. >> yes. >> i mean, early voting is going to have a huge impact. >> overall thought on the polls also, and nate silver touched on it in "the times" about the knee-jerk reaction. we overreact to everything in the polls. i think as every four years go by and as the media -- the 24/7 onslaught what i'll call overreaction media to everything i think is going to always heighten every move at this point. so to me, as we go through history going forward, i think polls on a week-to-week basis are going to be less and less dependable because, for instance, if yo
michelle obama last week went, voted early. they made a big deal of it. so the president is doing very well with early voters, and also, you know, the clock's ticking, and the romney people know the clock's ticking. they've got to get their people out. they've got to get their message out now. they can't wait until election day because in a close contest, it's going to be close in florida, in north carolina, in virginia. i would guess in wisconsin, probably in iowa. >> arizona. >>...
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>> my dogs created more shovel-already work than obama has just this week alone. stole it from rush. >> no, wait. that was from this morning. >> could be a coincidence. >> that may be a morning thing -- >> rush did it yesterday. he went on to say last night, i guess i've become show prep for the gop debates now, too. >> wow. >> gary johnson says he didn't know -- somebody fed him the line he didn't know. >> with talent on loan from god. that's so bad. >> yeah -- >> how can you plagiarize the line of the year from rush? >> stole it from rush. >> well, rush has got a lot of great lines. i'm just saying. but -- if you're a republican, you want to steal from maybe, like, some obscure source. you're stealing from rush limbaugh. republicans listen to rush limbau limbaugh. >> 28 million a week. [ kristy ] my mom is well...weird. she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my hair. and she does this dancing finger thing. [ male announcer ] with advanced technology from ge, now doctors can diagnose diseases like breast ca
>> my dogs created more shovel-already work than obama has just this week alone. stole it from rush. >> no, wait. that was from this morning. >> could be a coincidence. >> that may be a morning thing -- >> rush did it yesterday. he went on to say last night, i guess i've become show prep for the gop debates now, too. >> wow. >> gary johnson says he didn't know -- somebody fed him the line he didn't know. >> with talent on loan from god. that's so...
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the press was in 2008 against hillary clinton. >> we used a picture in news week of obama that i found a moving picture. he looked so disappointed, so beaten. i wish to see that charismatic confidence, again. i think he looked like a whipped dog in all pictures. >> sam? >> the iconic image from the 2008 elections of barack obama is new york referred to him dressed up as an islamic extremist -- a controversial it would have been much better clip. that was a controversial cover in its own rite. >> how has the magazine sold this week? >> don't know yet. i'm sure it will reflect interest. what can i say? >> i'm assuming it will reflect -- how is barack obama doing right now? >> he is just, to me he seems a day late and a dollar short about everything. he didn't pick up the bowles-simpson recommendation and he should have. this is almost like a reflection of the whole barack obama problem. he said it's too long thinking he could somehow bring people to reason. as a result, he looked weak. you know, he's not firing all these people and killing everybody. now we know, this is a man we can't d
the press was in 2008 against hillary clinton. >> we used a picture in news week of obama that i found a moving picture. he looked so disappointed, so beaten. i wish to see that charismatic confidence, again. i think he looked like a whipped dog in all pictures. >> sam? >> the iconic image from the 2008 elections of barack obama is new york referred to him dressed up as an islamic extremist -- a controversial it would have been much better clip. that was a controversial cover...
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and former president barack obama is campaigning this week in cree three key states. tomorrow he'll be in michigan and wisconsin. today he's going to georgia where he will join senator raphael warnock and gubernatorial nominee stacey abrams at an event in atlanta. joining us now from atlanta, nbc news senior national political reporter sahil kapur. tell us about the event and really the strategy and the democratic message. >> reporter: president obama is scheduled to rally in atlanta later this evening. he will be with senator raphael warnock and candidate for governor stacey abrams. his singular goal according to an obama adviser i spoke to is to get out the vote, to mobilize democrats in this area for these key races. now, he is likely to touch on a number of messages. of course there's the question of threats to democracy. that looms large. it's on the minds of voters in georgia. he'll talk about that. the unique stakes of the 2020 election. but also another factor he thinks is critical as far as voters are concerned, the idea that democrats do best in his view, in
and former president barack obama is campaigning this week in cree three key states. tomorrow he'll be in michigan and wisconsin. today he's going to georgia where he will join senator raphael warnock and gubernatorial nominee stacey abrams at an event in atlanta. joining us now from atlanta, nbc news senior national political reporter sahil kapur. tell us about the event and really the strategy and the democratic message. >> reporter: president obama is scheduled to rally in atlanta...
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ago, president obama saying a week ago that israeli had inflicted significant damage, the israeli assessment was quite different. hamas, i think, realized along the way that the longer they could keep up these barrages the more they could demonstrate that they actually had emerged as a much more powerful force than i think many palestinians had believed. by virtue of the fact that the rocket attacks continue even now even after this pretty comprehensive pounding and i think that's why both sides are basically rejected this fascinating plan that my colleague michael gordon got a hold of that john kerry was passing around that would have put in a seven-day halt and then immediately gotten discussions going in egypt. instead they are left with these rolling day-by-day humanitarian pauses which i think no one has any confidence it will continue. >> all right. we are going to come back to this. >>> there are new implications in eastern ukraine in the investigation into the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17. a team of international investigators was forced to turn back from the crash site bec
ago, president obama saying a week ago that israeli had inflicted significant damage, the israeli assessment was quite different. hamas, i think, realized along the way that the longer they could keep up these barrages the more they could demonstrate that they actually had emerged as a much more powerful force than i think many palestinians had believed. by virtue of the fact that the rocket attacks continue even now even after this pretty comprehensive pounding and i think that's why both...
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now, we've seen president obama go to israel and to jordan last week or ten days ago. an appeal to the people there, in israel, to, in essence, go beyond their leader and push their leaders to make peace happen. we'll have to see whether the israelis respond to that. but i think there is, as i was saying, only so much bandwidth the u.s. can deal with in terms of how much change it can handle in the region. syria is a very difficult situation. no one seems to have the right answer. you have people who say it's time to arm the rebels. you have people who say, no, it is essential to remain cautious. but inaction also comes at a cost. >> look, the, the cost of propping up the king is going to be a lot less than the cost of dealing with the aftermath of the collapse of that throne. so, you know, certainly, we should be doing as much as we can to help them pay for -- look, it's a broke country. they have no money. they get subsidies from the gulf and subsidies from us. 4,000 plus syrian refugees right now. being swamped by refugees. we have to help on that front. the truth i
now, we've seen president obama go to israel and to jordan last week or ten days ago. an appeal to the people there, in israel, to, in essence, go beyond their leader and push their leaders to make peace happen. we'll have to see whether the israelis respond to that. but i think there is, as i was saying, only so much bandwidth the u.s. can deal with in terms of how much change it can handle in the region. syria is a very difficult situation. no one seems to have the right answer. you have...
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president obama spent most of the week on serious matters of foreign policy, but he was able to carve out a little time in his schedule for impromptu bear hugging. >> you are, like, the biggest pizza parlor owner i've ever seen, man. >> reporter: after some romantic laughing and back slapping, the 260-pound owner of a florida pizza joint went all in, wrapping up the leader of the free world and lifting him off the ground. >> for the people who didn't see it. >> reporter: the bear hug was an act of love, but one was left to wonder, where exactly is the secret service intervention threshold if not during a big john stud-style submission hold? and on top of all that this week, the president found a new way to get financial institutions lending again. bank robbers in volvos. >> he is throwing money out of the car. >> that's good. >> one way to give money back to the people. steal it and throw it out of a volvo. >> everything's okay now. it's been a long, cold, lonely summer. >> all is right with the world. >> we're all back together now. >> thank you, willie. >>> coming up next, former pr
president obama spent most of the week on serious matters of foreign policy, but he was able to carve out a little time in his schedule for impromptu bear hugging. >> you are, like, the biggest pizza parlor owner i've ever seen, man. >> reporter: after some romantic laughing and back slapping, the 260-pound owner of a florida pizza joint went all in, wrapping up the leader of the free world and lifting him off the ground. >> for the people who didn't see it. >> reporter:...
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not while i'm speaking. >> an eventful week for president obama actually began late last week during his call and response announcement of a shift in immigration policy. >> this is the right thing to do for the american people. i didn't ask for an argument. i'm answering your question. >> mitt romney was unmoved by the president's new position. >> he saves these sort of things until four and a half months before the general election. >> president obama also headlined the g-20 summit in mexico. it included a photo op with russian president vladimir putt than looked like two people out to dinner as they finalized their divorce. then there was the invocation of executive privilege over the atf gun running operation named after a vin diesel car movie. >> i live my life a quarter mile at a time. nothing else matters. >> and how much did the president know about this? >> it shouldn't be a political witch hunt. >> senator harry reid, what's your take on this whole fast and furious deal, bro? >> i don't want to answer that question. that's a clown question, bro. >> up next, the democratic go
not while i'm speaking. >> an eventful week for president obama actually began late last week during his call and response announcement of a shift in immigration policy. >> this is the right thing to do for the american people. i didn't ask for an argument. i'm answering your question. >> mitt romney was unmoved by the president's new position. >> he saves these sort of things until four and a half months before the general election. >> president obama also...
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his comment he made a few weeks ago about putting people back in chains was big for a week and he seeps to have slid past that. >> what about barack obama and the campaign? >> what? >> which led al sharpton to say at the time "i'm clean, i take baths." biden not only survived that, he became vice president. that's why we love him so much. >> he's genuine. >> let me ask both of you guys, how long is joe biden in the dog house over the same-sex marriage issue? because they'll say they -- inside the white house everybody says the president was angry, his staff people were kept out of meetings for a while. how long did that last and are there still bruised feelings over that? mark? >> no oval office likes to let the vice president drive the agenda. i think joe biden did him a favor. i think the timing worked out nicely for them. >> are there still bruised feelings there? >> there's a wariness, as will always has been, that joe biden can -- i've been taken by how separate the operations have been. the president does run his own shop. there's wariness but i don't think hard feelings. >> you g
his comment he made a few weeks ago about putting people back in chains was big for a week and he seeps to have slid past that. >> what about barack obama and the campaign? >> what? >> which led al sharpton to say at the time "i'm clean, i take baths." biden not only survived that, he became vice president. that's why we love him so much. >> he's genuine. >> let me ask both of you guys, how long is joe biden in the dog house over the same-sex marriage...
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. >> so president obama has a busy week talking about equal pay in the workplace. a couple of executive orders coming up. one in particular you're focusing on. what's he going to announce this week? >> lilly ledbetter. going to look at the question transparency. of course you want to know what other people are getting paid to make sure you're getting paid enough. the other is going to impose new rules on federal contractors in which they have to report to the federal government on race and sex. it's a big issue for the president because he feels he's got a big political advantage on this question of equal pay for equal work. he's really going to push it hard. >> it's a political advantage, but it's something he's been focused on early on. when he signed lily ledbetter. >> on the politics of this, let me say what's interesting is if you look at the polling, this is not just popular with women. it's also popular with men. everybody wants their spouse to get a fair deal. everybody wants their daughter to get a fair deal. and republicans -- the white house feels republ
. >> so president obama has a busy week talking about equal pay in the workplace. a couple of executive orders coming up. one in particular you're focusing on. what's he going to announce this week? >> lilly ledbetter. going to look at the question transparency. of course you want to know what other people are getting paid to make sure you're getting paid enough. the other is going to impose new rules on federal contractors in which they have to report to the federal government on...
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sam stein, what does last week for president obama mean not for last week but going forward for the next two years, year and a half? >> well, i mean it's tough to see how it gets better for him than the last week. and it's tough to see what other issues he has to push. obviously, trade is not done. he's got to pass the extra agreement. he that's the authority to do it. so that will probably get done. but on the other big ticket items like immigration reform no one expects that to pass in the next year and a half. so if you look at the landscape, there are more potholes than anything else. we have a government shutdown potentially at the end of this september that he's got to navigate. we have a debt ceiling crisis a highway trust fund that will run out in some point of time and iran nuclear deal that will come at some point in the very near future. he has a lot of momentum. it's just likeght? you throw the next pitcher out. there everything can go to hell. you know this administration does have a lot to handle the next couple of weeks and months. >> all right. still ahead, david axelrod
sam stein, what does last week for president obama mean not for last week but going forward for the next two years, year and a half? >> well, i mean it's tough to see how it gets better for him than the last week. and it's tough to see what other issues he has to push. obviously, trade is not done. he's got to pass the extra agreement. he that's the authority to do it. so that will probably get done. but on the other big ticket items like immigration reform no one expects that to pass in...
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. >> something about the obamas, yeah. >> two weeks after taking issue with former president obama's eulogy of john lewis, president trump spent time yesterday smarting over michelle obama's speech from night one of the democratic national convention. >> yesterday was a bad day. i mean -- >> usually, joe, he deflects. usually he distracts. usually he does something, like some big, shiny object to distract from something like the incredible speech by michelle obama. but instead, those distractions came from the senate and from the head of the postal service. >>> two major developments with blows to the president's narrative. the release of a new bipartisan senate report concludes that the 2016 trump campaign eagerly embraced russia's help in the election. as the "washington examiner" put it, the senate report on russia blows a hole in trump's hoax claims. >>> plus, the head of the u.s. postal service says he's going to suspend the changes that democrats say are meant to sabotage the mail-in vote. he's pulling it all back. it's usually not a good sign politically when you're already wa
. >> something about the obamas, yeah. >> two weeks after taking issue with former president obama's eulogy of john lewis, president trump spent time yesterday smarting over michelle obama's speech from night one of the democratic national convention. >> yesterday was a bad day. i mean -- >> usually, joe, he deflects. usually he distracts. usually he does something, like some big, shiny object to distract from something like the incredible speech by michelle obama. but...
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week. >> but for those who say obama has trouble connecting, donny? >> he's not in trouble lately. you see it in his eyes and his posture, he's feeling it. >> please, he's always been good at it. >> not like this. >> still ahead, we're going to bring in dr. susan rice. a lot of questions about syria and what the united states is going to do there. also peter orszag. [ female announcer ] you have plans, moments you're looking forward to. what if they were stolen from you? by alzheimer's. this cruel disease is the nation's sixth leading cause of death, affecting more than 5 million americans. the alzheimer's association has been behind every major advancement and continues to lead the fight against alzheimer's. we won't rest until we have a cure. join us. go to alz.org. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidelity. we talked about where we were and what we could do. we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to g
week. >> but for those who say obama has trouble connecting, donny? >> he's not in trouble lately. you see it in his eyes and his posture, he's feeling it. >> please, he's always been good at it. >> not like this. >> still ahead, we're going to bring in dr. susan rice. a lot of questions about syria and what the united states is going to do there. also peter orszag. [ female announcer ] you have plans, moments you're looking forward to. what if they were stolen...
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it's refreshing having watched a couple weeks of the obama bashing. then to be fair, the republican bashing by the democrats. the beauty of the obama campaign in 2008 is it was not the red state, not the blue states, but the united states of america. i's what people want us to get back to. >> tina, do republicans want to get to that? they love the red meat. >> they love it and the inflammatory soundbytes. jeb bush would be that candidate. jeb bush can't run because it's too close to the bush era. in a way, he's the candidate to run. if he has to wait for years, who knows what could happen. the press couldn't bear to write about that story again. he's stuck. it is an irony. he probably would be the best person to run right now. >> i agree with everything. i don't fully agree it's not a year he couldn't put it together. he took on bachmann, perry and the rest of them. he elevated romney and huntsman because they are the only ones resembling his remarks, but none of them have his tone. if you are a republican, i would be interesting to hear what we shoul
it's refreshing having watched a couple weeks of the obama bashing. then to be fair, the republican bashing by the democrats. the beauty of the obama campaign in 2008 is it was not the red state, not the blue states, but the united states of america. i's what people want us to get back to. >> tina, do republicans want to get to that? they love the red meat. >> they love it and the inflammatory soundbytes. jeb bush would be that candidate. jeb bush can't run because it's too close to...
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president obama will speak at barnard college's commencement next week. and here with us, the president of the women's college, deborah spar. very good to have you this morning. >> thank you. >> it's so funny, joe was just like why is that comment touching off such a firestorm. i saw you cringe just watching it in the romney ad. those comments. for women -- >> it just sets you off. >> it's an issue that like -- oh, my blood pressure is going up. we'll move on to the president's speech. that's going to be at your university may 14. >> yeah, this monday. >> you found out in february. what are you expecting to hear from the president? what are you hoping to hear from the president? >> well, we're pretty sure he's going to be an amazing speaker for our students. they are all huge fans. he was the first president they voted for, even if they didn't vote for him. that was the first election they voted in. and we're guessing, although we don't know for sure, that he's going to be addressing women's issues. clearly women's issues somewhat surprisingly have become
president obama will speak at barnard college's commencement next week. and here with us, the president of the women's college, deborah spar. very good to have you this morning. >> thank you. >> it's so funny, joe was just like why is that comment touching off such a firestorm. i saw you cringe just watching it in the romney ad. those comments. for women -- >> it just sets you off. >> it's an issue that like -- oh, my blood pressure is going up. we'll move on to the...
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next week obama is actually the good news for him, he's an underdog. all he has to do is look adepressive, feel aggressive, show up how he he should have showed up. if romney wins that debate again, i think he wins the election, because there's no way to say although tuld and he didn't want to come down to romney's level. you can't make an excuse the second time. talk about a must win. that's the flipside. >> we were saying last week that mitt romney's back was against the wall, and if mitt romney didn't stand up and deliver, the election was over. we were saying that here, and guess what? that was just the case. a lot of freakazoids on the extreme right didn't want to hear. they wanted to blame the pollsters and the media. romney had to stand up and deliver. he stood up and delivered, so we reset the campaign. guess what? the shoe is on the other foot now. if barack obama blows it again like the first debate, i aagree with donny. that creates momentum that pushing mitt romney towards the finish line. >> we focus and talk a lot -- >> by the way, now it
next week obama is actually the good news for him, he's an underdog. all he has to do is look adepressive, feel aggressive, show up how he he should have showed up. if romney wins that debate again, i think he wins the election, because there's no way to say although tuld and he didn't want to come down to romney's level. you can't make an excuse the second time. talk about a must win. that's the flipside. >> we were saying last week that mitt romney's back was against the wall, and if...
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just last week they urged president obama to decide on the pipeline. and took a swipe at the president's year of action. saying i guess he wasn't serious about having a pen and a phone. >> mark halperin, i will associate myself with these democratic senators' remarks. it is unacceptable. i don't understand it. especially when you look at the jobs. we could have the debate people against this pipeline says it's going to create two and a half jobs, which is ludicrous. but also energy. energy is in the news. we're talking about russia. we're talking about making europe less dependent on russia. we have an opportunity to build an infrastructure here. and the president in all of this is wringing his hands saying hold on. how long can they put this off? until after the -- >> nebraska is key to this, but there's going to be litigation forever. to put it off for one court case when there's a lot of study out there. just to go to jobs and the ability of the united states to do big things, i don't understand the delay. zb there's been like four state department
just last week they urged president obama to decide on the pipeline. and took a swipe at the president's year of action. saying i guess he wasn't serious about having a pen and a phone. >> mark halperin, i will associate myself with these democratic senators' remarks. it is unacceptable. i don't understand it. especially when you look at the jobs. we could have the debate people against this pipeline says it's going to create two and a half jobs, which is ludicrous. but also energy....
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it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. >> president obama hinted this week that he does not approve of the republican budget proposal, mocking mitt romney's word choice in support of the plan. >> he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing the budget. it's a word you don't hear even generally. >> even "mad men" got in a cheap shot at romney. >> he's not going to michigan because romney is a clown. >> the head of the rnc compared its problem with women voters to an invented problem with mythical caterpillars. >> if the democrats said we had a problem with war on caterpillars, and the mainstream media talked about it, then we'd have a problem with caterpillars. >> rick santorum promised to fight on in a fantasy he had where he is george washington, and the rest of the field are german mercenaries. >> and that's why he crossed the delaware, surprised the hessians, and turned the tide of the revolution. >> in this combative week of national politics, it was ann romney who leapt to her husband's defense, threatening to un
it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. >> president obama hinted this week that he does not approve of the republican budget proposal, mocking mitt romney's word choice in support of the plan. >> he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing the budget. it's a word you don't hear even generally. >> even "mad men" got in a cheap shot at romney. >> he's not going to michigan because romney is a...
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as he and president obama get set for this week's u.n. summit. also, security concerns very close to home for the first family. happening today in new york, the clinton global initiative led by the former president and secretary of state. find out what bill had to say about elizabeth warren. who some see as an alternative to hillary. she's headlining an event just blocks away from the clinton compound. plus, the latest on that man hunt in pennsylvania where police signal they are closing in on the killer. and new developments in the search for missing virginia college student. where the top cop there sets his sights on the man he believes
as he and president obama get set for this week's u.n. summit. also, security concerns very close to home for the first family. happening today in new york, the clinton global initiative led by the former president and secretary of state. find out what bill had to say about elizabeth warren. who some see as an alternative to hillary. she's headlining an event just blocks away from the clinton compound. plus, the latest on that man hunt in pennsylvania where police signal they are closing in on...
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it is a relationship put on display last week when clinton was featured in a web video touting obama's leadership in the raid that killed osama bin laden one year ago this week. but ed gillespie says the fight against terrorism should not be a partisan issue. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. he took something that was a unifying event for all americans, an event that governor romney congratulated him and the military and the intelligence analysts in our government for competing the mission in terms of killing osama bin laden. and he's managed to turn it into a divisive partisan political attack that former defense secretary frank carlucci called sad, john mccain called shameful. i think most americans will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> obama adviser robert gibbs argues that bin laden's death is fair game in the election and questions if there would have been a different outcome if romney was sitting in the oval office. >> just a few years ago, president obama, then a candidate, said in a spe
it is a relationship put on display last week when clinton was featured in a web video touting obama's leadership in the raid that killed osama bin laden one year ago this week. but ed gillespie says the fight against terrorism should not be a partisan issue. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. he took something that was a unifying event for all americans, an event that governor romney congratulated him and the...
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points two weeks out, your problem. >> and obama at 50, not at 47%. >> and obama is at 50% in ohio, willie. >> one other note inside that "new york times" poll, conventional wisdom is obama would struggle with white working-class voters in ohio anyway, not in virginia. but in ohio he's even with romney among white voters who do not have a college degree. that's very important. >> and by the way, i think he's up, what, 30% in florida? >> 30. >> he's up 30 points, willie, in florida among white voters. but in ohio, he's dead even. >> dead even. florida and virginia. >> and virginia. >> 30 points. >> think about how much of the negative bain advertising took place this summer you still see it in the numbers, doesn't care about people like me. romney's numbers are still upside down. people say governor romney doesn't care about people like them. that is still the result of a summer of pummeling in ohio by the obama campaign and the democratic super pacs which worked ohio harder, knowing that the state could be a firewall, knowing that they could hold the electoral map and take ahold of
points two weeks out, your problem. >> and obama at 50, not at 47%. >> and obama is at 50% in ohio, willie. >> one other note inside that "new york times" poll, conventional wisdom is obama would struggle with white working-class voters in ohio anyway, not in virginia. but in ohio he's even with romney among white voters who do not have a college degree. that's very important. >> and by the way, i think he's up, what, 30% in florida? >> 30. >> he's...
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as joe mentioned, president obama's speech day at brandenburg gate falls 50 years to the week of president kennedy's ich bin ein berliner address at the same spot. according to "the wall street journal," president obama discussed the nuclear plan with president putin. the summit ended with little headway on syria or a trade pact as the resolution did not call for the removal of president bashar al assad, a decision that is drawing the ire of syrian rebels. >> jim cramer, g-8, how are we doing? how are the countries in the west doing? >> we're the only ones that have it together. china is very upset, paper tiger -- >> can i say one thing? what did i say about the heat? what did i say about this austerity thing in europe? it's not going to work. >> they have no growth. latin america has no growth. asia is slowing down. china without a doubt may be the worst of all the worldwide economies in terms of -- because they need europe to be able to take their stuff. watch for china -- i don't know who's really running that country, but i can tell you this, their deceleration in economics is just inc
as joe mentioned, president obama's speech day at brandenburg gate falls 50 years to the week of president kennedy's ich bin ein berliner address at the same spot. according to "the wall street journal," president obama discussed the nuclear plan with president putin. the summit ended with little headway on syria or a trade pact as the resolution did not call for the removal of president bashar al assad, a decision that is drawing the ire of syrian rebels. >> jim cramer, g-8,...
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president obama wouldn't physically go over and wiretap trump tower so now you have to decide as i mentioned last week do you take the tweets literally and if you are, then clearly the president was wrong. >> fbi doctor james comey will testify before the house
president obama wouldn't physically go over and wiretap trump tower so now you have to decide as i mentioned last week do you take the tweets literally and if you are, then clearly the president was wrong. >> fbi doctor james comey will testify before the house
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given how they're ending with the sanctions, with president obama last week invoking ronald reagan, the ultimate cold warrior, saying shame on any republican who wouldn't be standing up to russia right now. i kno tre was an attempt at a reset in 2012, crimema hpened after that. when you had john mccain saying i look at putin and see kgb. when you had romney wrauarning about that, do you look back at the obama administration and say they misjudged russia? >> no, i don't. because russia doesn't exist as a person. have you ever met mr. russia or ms. russia? they're different leaders that have been in russia, and in the beginning of the obama administration, there was a different leader there. and during the heyday of the reset, when there was a closer relation, the united states and russia got a lot of big deals done, to paragraph the president-elect trump. that's when we got the start treaty done, sanctions done, when we got russia into the wto, when we opened up a new supply route to afghanistan through russia which decreased our dependency on pakistan so we could go after osama bin lade
given how they're ending with the sanctions, with president obama last week invoking ronald reagan, the ultimate cold warrior, saying shame on any republican who wouldn't be standing up to russia right now. i kno tre was an attempt at a reset in 2012, crimema hpened after that. when you had john mccain saying i look at putin and see kgb. when you had romney wrauarning about that, do you look back at the obama administration and say they misjudged russia? >> no, i don't. because russia...
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welcome to "weekend update." >> this week, president obama travelled to asia to meet with leaders from china, russia and japan to deal with some pretty tough questions like who wore it best. >> new research shows that reindeer in norway have an unusually high level of radiation from dust due to the 1986 chernobyl meltdown. in fact, you could even say they glow. >> like his friend and predecessor seth meyers, colin is not just an anchor man, he's also snl's co-head writer. joined by one-time "daily show" correspondent michael cha. >> how long have you known each other? did your paths cross before this? >> yeah, what do you think, two, three years? >> no, it's got to be more than that. about three years. >> what do you remember about colin watching him do stand-up? >> like, great hair. >> good takeaway. >> like a white me. >> was michael the kind of guy who stands out to you? >> i saw him and really just wanted to have him here because i thought he was super funny. >> collins picked up the phone and called michael. in the space of a year, he has gone from guest writer to full-time anchor
welcome to "weekend update." >> this week, president obama travelled to asia to meet with leaders from china, russia and japan to deal with some pretty tough questions like who wore it best. >> new research shows that reindeer in norway have an unusually high level of radiation from dust due to the 1986 chernobyl meltdown. in fact, you could even say they glow. >> like his friend and predecessor seth meyers, colin is not just an anchor man, he's also snl's co-head...
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neither campaign was in the field last week. they are all going into the field this week. they don't know how last week went. there is fingernail chewing, if you will, about how last week went. talk to somebody in the obama campaign and they share your concern. how political did it look? they are convinced three months from now nobody will remember biden had to drive this and it was fund raising and all this. it will be seen in a better light. i tell you, i think -- you brought up those states. the biggest swing state this could impact is iowa. >> wow. >> that is where the president was making a comeback. he was down and making a comeback. >> in iowa you have a recall of three judges? >> it became a big fight of this idea of wait a minute, judges are telling us what to do. look, it split the state right down the middle. >> yeah. >> if there was a state that i thought in talking to both campaigns they agree, iowa is the one place where they think long term, if this gay marriage thing has impact it's there. the other thing about last week and the fingernails in chicago chewi
neither campaign was in the field last week. they are all going into the field this week. they don't know how last week went. there is fingernail chewing, if you will, about how last week went. talk to somebody in the obama campaign and they share your concern. how political did it look? they are convinced three months from now nobody will remember biden had to drive this and it was fund raising and all this. it will be seen in a better light. i tell you, i think -- you brought up those states....
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citizens were killed in a two-week period in operations authorized by president obama. and one of the people killed was actually a 16-year-old u.s. citizen who was sitting having lunch -- excuse me, dinner with his teenage cousins and the obama administration has never explained why this kid was killed. he was the son of aulaqi, but his dad had been killed two weeks earlier. this tells the stories of war lords who do the operations for u.s. and al qaeda militants and yemen and elsewhere. and really at the heart of it is the fact that one of obama's enduring legacies when it comes to foreign policy, he has solidified assassination as an essential component of policy. >> they can do it in the shadows, as you pointed out. in the book, i would say there hasn't been a lot of public resistance aside from people like you and others in the press. how have they done this without facing much resistance? publicly or inside the government from people who should be stepping up and saying, wait a minute, we can't kill u.s. citizens without due process? >> right, i think there's no qu
citizens were killed in a two-week period in operations authorized by president obama. and one of the people killed was actually a 16-year-old u.s. citizen who was sitting having lunch -- excuse me, dinner with his teenage cousins and the obama administration has never explained why this kid was killed. he was the son of aulaqi, but his dad had been killed two weeks earlier. this tells the stories of war lords who do the operations for u.s. and al qaeda militants and yemen and elsewhere. and...
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exact same thing that mitt romney is now. >> i'm a supporter of president obama, but two weeks ago, it changed everything for me when those numbers came out. i was holding steadfastly that he was going to win. out of ten of the swing states, five of those the unemployment numbers are better than the national average. there's a little rosier picture in some of those swing states. again, i'm searching -- >> well, things like that do matter. >> they do matter. the thing at the end of the day, we can talk all we want, and if the economic numbers, if the jobless numbers continue to go south, it's over. that's it. we all know, you vote, do you keep the guy in office or kick him out? if i take the quote of mitt romney, the last four weeks of the election, start looking hard at massachusetts, and say, it ain't great now, but look what that guy did, you scare people into staying the same. but it's very questionable. >> donny says he's wavering. remember the famous line, the if i've lost donny deutsch, i've lost -- it rears its head once again. >> also lost a lot of kj jelly that goes along w
exact same thing that mitt romney is now. >> i'm a supporter of president obama, but two weeks ago, it changed everything for me when those numbers came out. i was holding steadfastly that he was going to win. out of ten of the swing states, five of those the unemployment numbers are better than the national average. there's a little rosier picture in some of those swing states. again, i'm searching -- >> well, things like that do matter. >> they do matter. the thing at the...
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and president obama's golf, of course, headed out this weekend two more weeks in martha's vineyard. an honest golfer. no billigans for him. >> no obamaigans. >> and a calm golfer. not a lot of bending of clushs, shouting, because had yeuses it escapism. does it to get away from people that had he has to persuade. doesn't want to work when out there. >> i got you. on the golf course. >> george w. bush. great golfer. speed golf. an hour and a half, 18 holes. >> if you can plain 18 holes in an hour and a half, sign me up. if going on 14, four hours in, sorry. put the bags down and walk into the clubhouse. who has that much time? >> the problem, if you just would not bring a bottle of tea k -of-tequila in the cart, it wouldn't slope the game down. >> i wonder if hillary clinton if she becomes president will take on the golf -- >> we shall see. >> i wonder if bill and hillary have played together? >> i wonder. i bet not. >>> and coming up, favorites for next year's title. why a huge trade may bring the title to long suffering cleveland fans. >>> here's a question. shue make jokes about w
and president obama's golf, of course, headed out this weekend two more weeks in martha's vineyard. an honest golfer. no billigans for him. >> no obamaigans. >> and a calm golfer. not a lot of bending of clushs, shouting, because had yeuses it escapism. does it to get away from people that had he has to persuade. doesn't want to work when out there. >> i got you. on the golf course. >> george w. bush. great golfer. speed golf. an hour and a half, 18 holes. >> if...
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. ♪ >>> president obama this week signed a series of new executive orders intended to strengthen equal pay laws for women. those who support the measure say it's a step forward for women in the workplace while those who oppose it could be seen sunday nights on amc. it was announced thursday that health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius who oversaw the troubled launch of the affordable care act is resigning from office. sebelius says she's stepping down because she has so many things she wants to barely accomplish. >> kim jong-un this week was re-elected as leader of north korea winning 100% of the vote. easily defeating his challenger or else. during a speech hillary clinton was giving in las vegas, a female protester threw a shoe at her. it's amazing they were able to identify her considering how many ladies in vegas are walking around with one shoe on. >> welcome back to "morning joe." it was inevitable. >> yeah. >> it was inevitable. you had the first wave of -- just like coachella, the first wave where the founder starts it and almost goes bankrupt. then you have the o
. ♪ >>> president obama this week signed a series of new executive orders intended to strengthen equal pay laws for women. those who support the measure say it's a step forward for women in the workplace while those who oppose it could be seen sunday nights on amc. it was announced thursday that health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius who oversaw the troubled launch of the affordable care act is resigning from office. sebelius says she's stepping down because she has so...
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last week, a state that president obama won in 2008 and 12, donald trump won in 2016 and you talk to people out there, they are concerned about the nature of the democratic field. they're not panicked, but they're not oh, we're going to take the state back, it's a slam dunk. >> what's the nature that is concerning? >> they're concerned about, i would say, having, again, spent a week talking to elected democrats, people who have won statewide and other people who are in the process. they're concerned the democratic field right now, the people who are leading it, many of them, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, anybody who has embraced medicare for all, that they think that is a toxic political position in a state like iowa. they worry about -- they look at that -- they look really at the top four right now and see a clear top four of whom one is a vice president who is showing weakness financially and otherwise and then elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are too far to the left from their point of view and pete buttigieg, someone who is a mayor of a city of less than 100,000 people an
last week, a state that president obama won in 2008 and 12, donald trump won in 2016 and you talk to people out there, they are concerned about the nature of the democratic field. they're not panicked, but they're not oh, we're going to take the state back, it's a slam dunk. >> what's the nature that is concerning? >> they're concerned about, i would say, having, again, spent a week talking to elected democrats, people who have won statewide and other people who are in the process....
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. >> president obama has no plans to cancel a three-day fund-raising trip this week despite the crisis in ukraine and the middle east. abrupt changes in the presidential schedule could, quote, unduly alarm the american people. >> he doesn't want to look like his schedule is hijacked by events. and the idea of suddenly whip sawing your schedule and rushing back to washington, especially in a crisis where you have limited amounts of options anyway, they feel the white house looks reactive, looks somehow less than decisive. on the other hand, obviously, they are making adjustments to the schedule. they have him doing casual photo-ops, lunches with voter whose write him letters and that kind of thing. go for a walk or go play pool, something like that, at a time when the world seems to be falling apart. you have to be careful of the split screen images. they're trying to find a balance between allowing the world to dictate his own schedule and not looking out of touch. >> joe, i'm curious, from your standpoint, what peter just talked about, the president obviously having to carry out this
. >> president obama has no plans to cancel a three-day fund-raising trip this week despite the crisis in ukraine and the middle east. abrupt changes in the presidential schedule could, quote, unduly alarm the american people. >> he doesn't want to look like his schedule is hijacked by events. and the idea of suddenly whip sawing your schedule and rushing back to washington, especially in a crisis where you have limited amounts of options anyway, they feel the white house looks...
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he thinks barack obama is week because he doesn't think barack obama wants to get engaged in international affairs. he thinks he can get away with anything he wants to get away with. iranians are watching what happens now. that's my belief. i know a million obama supporters for america will disagree with me. but i think barack obama after saying assad must go and after drawing red lines in the sand send s a really, really bad message, not only to the syrian s who really can't do damage in the long run, but to the iranians. their client state who really can do big trouble. katty kay, the shocking news from capitol hill yesterday, senator john mccain in the middle of the hearing lost while playing iphone poker. he even tweeted about it. >> he did. he said, big deal about being caught playing poker. actually the worst of it was that he lost. here 's the tweet. scandal, caught playing iphone game at three-plus-hour senate hearing. worst of all, i lost. maybe if the hearing had been longer he could have practiced more and might have won. who knows? three and a half hours for a hearing isn't eno
he thinks barack obama is week because he doesn't think barack obama wants to get engaged in international affairs. he thinks he can get away with anything he wants to get away with. iranians are watching what happens now. that's my belief. i know a million obama supporters for america will disagree with me. but i think barack obama after saying assad must go and after drawing red lines in the sand send s a really, really bad message, not only to the syrian s who really can't do damage in the...
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the way they did in the first two or three weeks of the obama scandal. part of the answer to that question is obama approaches things like a law professor trying to work out a logical conundrum. it's often led obama astray in the case of ebola listening to experts at the cdc who with respect. prepared to tackle this kind of public health crisis so we saw a couple nurses get infected, the hysteria surrounding the disease skyrocketed. you have two-thirds of americans last week in a poll fearful of a widespread outbreak. it's an example of how not to respond to a crisis u. >> josh green, the cover story. thank you so much. >>> coming up it was a palin family brawl. the more we learn about what happened, it's clear that it's not that funny. the daily callers ask why people weren't more outraged. he joins us next with details. your customers, our financing. your aspirations, our analytics. your goals, our technology. introducing synchrony financial, bringing new meaning to the word partnership. banking. loyalty. analytics. synchrony financial. enagage with us
the way they did in the first two or three weeks of the obama scandal. part of the answer to that question is obama approaches things like a law professor trying to work out a logical conundrum. it's often led obama astray in the case of ebola listening to experts at the cdc who with respect. prepared to tackle this kind of public health crisis so we saw a couple nurses get infected, the hysteria surrounding the disease skyrocketed. you have two-thirds of americans last week in a poll fearful...
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and i've been saying for a couple weeks, probably obama by a few points now. i have absolutely no idea. and a strange thing has happened, mika. you actually have, instead of the romney people acting a little nervous and crazy, which they have, we have for a year, you now have democrats that are starting to move into this panic phase. you know, we could lose this thing. i think for the first time, they're getting really nervous. >> i have a lot of people -- we've seen it together -- coming up to us going, what's going to happen? what's going to happen? it is a real nail-biter at this point. >> it is a toss-up. >> i think that's fair to say. i'm not sure where these polls will end up in the long run in terms of being correct, but you know what? they are at least a touchstone for the conversation. >> this race right now could not be closer, john. >> you think about the trend line just in this poll, just to stick with the consistency, the nbc/"wall street journal" poll, people say it's the gold standard for polling. i don't disagree. in early september, obama comi
and i've been saying for a couple weeks, probably obama by a few points now. i have absolutely no idea. and a strange thing has happened, mika. you actually have, instead of the romney people acting a little nervous and crazy, which they have, we have for a year, you now have democrats that are starting to move into this panic phase. you know, we could lose this thing. i think for the first time, they're getting really nervous. >> i have a lot of people -- we've seen it together -- coming...